It's after 4pm. He was supposed to speak at 3. I can imagine them trying to get him to the arena and then to the stage. Kalshi doesn't seem to have bets on the time, but they do on the subjects:
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A lotta white faces waiting for him. YouTube is covering it:
[The video is still available after it was over. Trump starts about 2 hours 16 minutes.]
There are also supposed to be protesters outside the arena in Wasilla. Here's a picture from folks protesting at Church and Parks Highway.
[UPDATE 6:25pm: Trump took the podium, about 4:35pm. He spoke for over 90 minutes. He seemed to be on task at the beginning - pushing voting for Dan Sullivan "not the fake Dan Sullivan" and Nick Begich. He also endorsed Bernadette Wilson for Governor and said the other two Republicans should drop out. He also told people to vote yes on Prop. 2 to get rid of ranked choice voting.
[UPDATE 6:25pm: Trump took the podium, about 4:35pm. He spoke for over 90 minutes. He seemed to be on task at the beginning - pushing voting for Dan Sullivan "not the fake Dan Sullivan" and Nick Begich. He also endorsed Bernadette Wilson for Governor and said the other two Republicans should drop out. He also told people to vote yes on Prop. 2 to get rid of ranked choice voting.
He told countless lies about how everything in the United States is twenty times better than in all of history because of Trump. He was typically derisive about Mary Peltola and Bill Hill. It was unclear how many people were in the arena because the camera was focused on the podium.
He also promised every voter $5000 if the House and Senate stay Republican. That would seem like a blatant bribe, but if Congress stays Republican he doesn't have to worry about that. If they change to Democratic, he needs to start worrying about being accountable.
He also raised some of the current GOP talking points about Democrats being Communists, about them being a threat of cutting school kids up to change their gender, and men in women's sports.
I find it a little ironic that he had two Black (what I assume were) Secret Service men, and that the music at the end was the gay anthem, YMCA. Though I guess that's a song Trump heard a lot in the 1970s when he was a regular at NY City disco clubs.]
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